At present, there are only two games left in the Qatar World Cup, which has attracted the attention of fans around the world, namely the third place competition and the final. Generally speaking, the third-place competition is not very important to fans, but as the opening scene before the final, this year's third-place competition has three highlights, which is worth fans paying attention to this game.
highlights: Can African teams create history again
As an African team, Morocco is definitely the biggest dark horse in this World Cup. Although there were many upsets in the group stage, including Argentina losing to , Saudi Arabia in its first game. But when it comes to dark horses, no one can compare to Morocco. Morocco is in the same group as Belgian and Croatia. There were not many fans who were optimistic that Morocco could qualify in the group. After all, one runner-up in the last World Cup and the other third place in the World Cup. However, Morocco surprised the outside world and squeezed out the Belgian team to advance to the top 16. Then, Morocco defeated Spain and Portugal in succession and entered the semi-finals. However, he lost to France in the semi-finals and missed the final. But the results of entering the semi-finals have created the history of African teams in the World Cup. If you can defeat Croatia and win the bronze medal in the third place battle, you will once again create the history of African teams.
Highlights 2: Modric 's last World Cup match
This third place battle is likely to be the last World Cup match in his career for Real Madrid star and Croatia's No. 10 star Modric is likely to be his last World Cup match in his career. As the soul of the Croatian team, Modric's role needs no more. The 37-year-old veteran is still able to run around like a young man, and play overtime and penalty shootouts continuously. Such performance deserves great respect from fans and applause. But he was indeed 37 years old, and the next World Cup will be four years later. Modric, who is already 41 years old, is likely not to appear in the next World Cup again, so this third-place competition will be the veteran's last dance in the World Cup.
Highlights: Who has stronger defensive ability
These two teams were together in the group stage and played equally at that time, no winner or loser. The most important reason why Morocco can create miracles in this World Cup is the team's defensive ability. Before the semi-finals with France, the Moroccan team conceded only one goal and was an own goal. In other words, except for themselves, no team can break through the team's goal. Croatia was able to reach the semi-finals, but also relied on tenacious defense. The Croatian team is known as the draw master and the penalty master. The reason why they have such a title is mainly their defensive ability and tenacious will. This game will be the most direct reflection of both sides' defensive ability, to see who is the team with the strongest defensive ability in this World Cup.
To sum up, there should be no big goals in this game. Both sides will still focus on defense. After all, on the one hand, the Moroccan team hopes to continue to create miracles and win medals, so they will naturally not give up their strong defensive ability. Croatia hopes to put a perfect end to Modric's World Cup journey as the third place, and will not give up defense easily. Therefore, this game is highly likely to be tied in the regular season. The regular season score is predicted to be 0:0 or 1:1.